Improvement in rubber boots



J PIENOVI.

RUBBER BOOT.

Mt'ented Dec. 7,1875.

N. PETERS, FHDTO-UTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C. I

UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIcE.

JOSEPH PIENOVI, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUBBER BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,767, dated December7, 1875 application filed November 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PIENovT, of Newark, New Jersey, have inventedcertain Improvements in India-Rubber or other Elastic Boots.

My invention consists in supporting an india-rubber boot, so as toprevent its breaking or cracking across the top or ball and instep; andI hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa left-side view of an india-rubber boot with theoutside coating ofrubber left off from instep to toe. Fig. 2 is a rightside view, showingthe boot in a finished state; and Fig. 3 represents one of the supportsbefore being applied to the lining.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates thebetter to understand and construct the same, I will describe it morefully.

In Fig. 1, B is a left-side View of an indiarubber boot with myinvention applied thereto, and with the external coating of rubber leftoft from the portion extending from the heel and instep forward to thetoe, and exposing the lining L between the supports, which lining isprepared, in all respects, like any other rubber-boot lining, with itscoating of cement, and ready for the external coating of rubber beforethe supports are applied. The supports are represented by the letter 8,and

are to be made of an y suitable material that is elastic, but more rigidthan the external rubber coating of the boot, and are cemented to thelining of the boot before its external coating of rubber is applied.These supports 8 are applied to the boot in a line or direction runningfrom the toe backward to the instep, and they may, if desirable, fallshort of, or reach beyond, the instep and ankle of the boot, but, ineither case, so as to receive the strain occasioned by the bending ofthe boot in walking, While their number and location are such that thestrain is equally distributed between them, thus efiectually preventingthe coating of the boot from breaking by use.

In Fig. 2, B represents a finished boot, with the location of thesupports 8 plainly visible, running from the toe backward underneath theexternal coating of rubber, thus giving to the boot a substantial, neat,and novel ap-.

pearance, while a boot thus made really acquires a degree of firmnessand durability without afiecting its elasticity, which does not pertainto the ordinary boot.

In Fig. 3, 8 represents one of the supports or strips ready forapplication to the lining L of a rubber boot. The said supports may bemade of any suitable material not absolutely rigid, and yet sufficientlyso to receive the strain on the boot occasioned by ordinary use and theymay be of any convenient width, thickness, length, and number to securethe object in view.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letter Patent of the United States, is

The longitudinal supports s,' applied to the upper of an elastic boot,substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

JOSEPH PIENOVI. Witnesses:

JAMES H. AGKERMAN, GRANT A. WHEELER.

